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The Idylls of Theocritus

on BBC Radio 3

Four readings from the work of the Greek poet of the third century BC in a new translation by ROBERT WELLS. with music by MICHAEL BALL
2: The Pleasures of Observation Theocritus was a master of the form the Greeks called mime - the realistic representation of scenes from everyday life.
Readers JUDITH BARKER.
RUSSELL DIXON. JOHN FRANKLYN-ROBBINS , DEBORAH MACLAREN. PEARCE QUIGLEY and PAULA TILBROOK

Contributors

Translation By:
Robert Wells.
Music By:
Michael Ball
Readers:
Judith Barker.
Readers:
Russell Dixon.
Readers:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Deborah MacLaren.
Unknown:
Pearce Quigley
Unknown:
Paula Tilbrook

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